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	Many political parties have existed that styled or named themselves communists and advocated the maintenance of [[private property]] through various schemes, usually by advocating [[nationalization]] from above where the immediate producers continue to confront the [[means of production]] as their [[alienation\|non-property]].		Many political parties have existed that styled or named themselves communists and advocated the maintenance of [[private property]] through various schemes, usually by advocating [[nationalization]] from above where the immediate producers continue to confront the [[means of production]] as their [[alienation\|non-property]].

	== Activities ~~& Methods~~ ==		== Activities and methods ==
	Communist parties (especially of [[Marxism–Leninism\|Marxist–Leninist]] positions) regularly involve themselves in [[mass work]] with the greater community, which often involves assisting those in poverty, protesting against the excesses of the bourgeois state, [[anti-fascism]], etc.		Communist parties (especially of [[Marxism–Leninism\|Marxist–Leninist]] positions) regularly involve themselves in [[mass work]] with the greater community, which often involves assisting those in poverty, protesting against the excesses of the bourgeois state, [[anti-fascism]], etc.

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	Communist parties (especially of [[Marxism–Leninism\|Marxist–Leninist]] positions) regularly involve themselves in [[mass work]] with the greater community, which often involves assisting those in poverty, protesting against the excesses of the bourgeois state, [[anti-fascism]], etc.		Communist parties (especially of [[Marxism–Leninism\|Marxist–Leninist]] positions) regularly involve themselves in [[mass work]] with the greater community, which often involves assisting those in poverty, protesting against the excesses of the bourgeois state, [[anti-fascism]], etc.

	Communist parties play a large role in the labor movement with many being very active within trade unions as well as working to develop [[~~Class Consciousness\|~~class consciousness]] in their nation's working class population.		Communist parties play a large role in the labor movement with many being very active within trade unions as well as working to develop [[class consciousness]] in their nation's working class population.

	In countries where class struggle is intensifying and where the bourgeois state is begining to more strongly restrict the ability to be openly communist, anti-capitalist, or anti-state communist parties are forced to be much more clandestine in their work much in the way the parties of Europe would have been in the late 19th and early 20th century.		In countries where class struggle is intensifying and where the bourgeois state is begining to more strongly restrict the ability to be openly communist, anti-capitalist, or anti-state communist parties are forced to be much more clandestine in their work much in the way the parties of Europe would have been in the late 19th and early 20th century.

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	[[File:~~Cpgb 1958 rally~~.jpg\|thumb\|~~440x440px\|A~~ communist party ~~rally~~.]]		[[File:15th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks).jpg\|right\|thumb\|Meeting of members of the [[Bolshevik Party]], a major instance of a communist party.]]
	A '''communist party''' is a [[political party]] based on the principles of [[communism]] and intended to constitute the [[working class]] into a party consistent with its class interests, with the abolition of private property as a main objective. The [[theoretical]] conclusions of the communist party are based on the existing [[relations of production]] and the [[class antagonism]]s that they create.		A '''communist party''' is a [[political party]] based on the principles of [[communism]] and intended to constitute the [[working class]] into a party consistent with its class interests, with the abolition of private property as a main objective. The [[theoretical]] conclusions of the communist party are based on the existing [[relations of production]] and the [[class antagonism]]s that they create.

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[[File:Cpgb 1958 rally.jpg|thumb|440x440px|A communist party rally.]]
A '''communist party''' is a [[political party]] based on the principles of [[communism]] and intended to constitute the [[working class]] into a party consistent with its class interests, with the abolition of private property as a main objective. The [[theoretical]] conclusions of the communist party are based on the existing [[relations of production]] and the [[class antagonism]]s that they create.

Many political parties have existed that styled or named themselves communists and advocated the maintenance of [[private property]] through various schemes, usually by advocating [[nationalization]] from above where the immediate producers continue to confront the [[means of production]] as their [[alienation|non-property]].

== Activities & Methods ==
Communist parties (especially of [[Marxism–Leninism|Marxist–Leninist]] positions) regularly involve themselves in [[mass work]] with the greater community, which often involves assisting those in poverty, protesting against the excesses of the bourgeois state, [[anti-fascism]], etc.

Communist parties play a large role in the labor movement with many being very active within trade unions as well as working to develop [[Class Consciousness|class consciousness]] in their nation's working class population.

In countries where class struggle is intensifying and where the bourgeois state is begining to more strongly restrict the ability to be openly communist, anti-capitalist, or anti-state communist parties are forced to be much more clandestine in their work much in the way the parties of Europe would have been in the late 19th and early 20th century.

===Vanguardism===
{{see also|Vanguard party}}
It is debatable whether the communist party is or should be a vanguard party. [[Leninism]] and its derivative trends argue that the communist party represents the leading political and revolutionary force for the proletariat and is required in order to make meaningful gains and transcend trade-union consciousness, whereas other Marxist trends believe that the communist party should serve a largely educational role.<ref>''[http://www.marx2mao.com/Stalin/FL24.html#c8 Foundations of Leninism]'' Joseph Stalin (1924) — VIII. THE PARTY ''Marx2Mao''</ref>

====Mass or minority party====
Debate exists as to whether the communists should try to form as mass political party and movement or focus on a minority or cadre party.

==Structure==
There is considerable debate about the most appropriate decision-making structure of the communist party. [[Democratic centralism]], [[federalism]] and [[organic centralism]] are some proposed structures.

==References==

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